7 Full-Length Episodes, Digitally Remastered and Sound Enhanced: Casper the Friendly Ghost first appeared in Izzy Sparber's 1945 cartoon of the same name (also known as The Friendly Ghost), based upon the book by Joseph Or... more &raquoiolo and Seymour Reit. These cartoon shorts combine humor with light-hearted horror, mixed with real feelings about relationships. Casper is a lonely ghost who gets into trouble when he tries to make friends with the non-ghost people he encounters.&laquo less